UN Security Council urged to support efforts to end M23 insurgency in DRC

Peacekeepers escort a humanitarian convoy to the village of Pinga in North Kivu, DRC  The recent resurgence of the M23 armed group in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) constitutes... Read more »

Urgent action needed to defuse violence in DRC, Senior officials tell Security Council

With a brutal history of violence now threatening to repeat itself in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, senior officials briefing the Security Council today urged members to lend their steadfast support... Read more »

Rwanda is not interested in a crisis – Foreign Minister Biruta

Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Dr. Vincent Biruta has said that Rwanda is not interested in a crisis in reference to the current fighting in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between government... Read more »

Kenyan President urges stakeholders to nurture peace in DRC

The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on different armed groups in DR Congo to lay down their weapons and work with President Félix Tshisekedi in nurturing peace and stability in the... Read more »

AUC Chairperson welcomes decision of East African Leaders to deploy a regional force in the DRC

Moussa Faki Mahamat The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat welcomes the outcome of the Second Heads of State Conclave on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), held on... Read more »

DRC formally joins EAC after signing of the Treaty of Accession to the Community

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has formally joined the East African Community (EAC) after the signing of the Treaty of the Accession of the DRC into the EAC in Nairobi,... Read more »

Le Rwanda, bouc émissaire de la bataille inachevée des FARDC contre le M23?

Impossible de confondre un berger-fermier congolais avec un militaire rwandais By Manzi Bakuramutsa* Le porte-parole des Forces armées de la RDC (FARDC),  a faussement accusé les Forces de défense du Rwanda (RDF)... Read more »

DRC reaffirms her willingness to join East African Community

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reaffirmed her willingness to join the East African Community. DRC’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Christophe Lutundula Apala Pen’Apala, said that DRC... Read more »

EAC ministers gives green-light to DRC’s request to join the community

Ministers in charge of East African Community (EAC) Affairs have recommended for consideration by the EAC Heads of States the report of the verification team on the application by The Democratic Republic... Read more »

DRC President launches EAC Verification Mission to the country

EAC High Level Mission Team met DRC President in Goma and launched EAC Verification Mission to DRC. In the team are Rwanda’s EAC Minister Manasseh Nshuti, and EAC and Partner States officials The President of... Read more »